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KLHX ·

La Junta Municipal Airport

38.04970°N
-103.50900°W
ARR / DAY
1
25.0%
DEP / DAY
1
33.3%

La Junta Municipal Airport (KLHX) is a small general aviation airport located in La Junta, CO, 62 mi east of Pueblo. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,849 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
5 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KLHX 241253Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP141 T01720150

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08
50% of ops
17 land · 0 TO
12
50% of ops
17 land · 0 TO
26
0% of ops
0 land · 6 TO
30
0% of ops
0 land · 3 TO
Runway 08 carries 50% of operations (17 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 50%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08 17 landings
UA 0%
12 17 landings
UA 0%
26 0 landings
UA 0%
30 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 17 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.4
flights/day · 43 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (1.9 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (38% of 42 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
ASOS 135.525
LA JUNTA 122.600
OTHER 122.600
PUEBLO R 128.375
OTHER 128.375
PUEBLO R 379.950
OTHER 379.950
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Mag var:
9° E
Fuel:
100LL
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